Sermons from July 2025

Why’d Jesus Spit?

Mark 7: 31-37; Mark 8:22-26; John 9:1-41 When studying the Bible, one of the most important things for us to do is also one of the most difficult.  We need to take ourselves out of the equation.  When we’re studying the Bible, it’s not a question of how something sounds to us or how something makes us feel.  When we interact with…

Map to God

Ezra 7:10 The book of Ezra is rather short—only 10 chapters long.  But in this short book, we find a rather unusual statement that is repeated a number of times: the hand of the LORD his God was on him. (Ezra 7:6) I took courage, for the hand of the LORD my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from…

From a Father to His Son – Part 6

Prov. 24:10-22 Solomon’s God-given wisdom was well-renowned.  And even to this day, we find ourselves studying his wisdom recorded 1KN, EC, and PV.  In PV 23-24, Solomon records some important advice for his son—30 statements we’ve been reviewing over the last 5 weeks.  Today, as we come to the end of these wise statements, we see that Solomon focuses on something new:…

The Butterfly Effect

Can small things make big impacts? What about sin? 1 Cor. 5:1-8; 2 Tim. 2:15-18; 2 Tim. 3:13; Hos. 8:7 How can my actions affect others? Mark 9:42-48; Mark 8:36-37; 1 Thes. 5.1-24 What if every Christian flapped their wings?